Fans ready to cheer teams

Lindsey Schoewe Troy University’s football team is preparing for a new season in hopes of making it to a bowl game this year. “The nonconference schedule is very difficult with UAB as our opener; this schedule is as tough as we ever had, especially with our new staff,” head football coach Larry Blakeney said in the spring. “It’s hard to predict how a team is going to do at this point, but we have a chance to be a decent football team.” The first game of the season will be…

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Friendships span world’s cultures

Katy Ganaway and Yang Bai How simple is it to break down the barrier between international and domestic students? It’s normal for students entering the fall semester to be hesitant to strike up a conversation with someone they’ve never met before. But they may think it’s even harder to befriend someone who comes from a different culture. According to Darlene Schmurr-Stewart, dean of international student services, the Troy campus alone has more than 700 international students from more than 60 countries, 300 of them hailing from China. She said just…

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Career consult service open in Eldridge Hall

Kayla Holloway You are not going to be in college forever, and, according to Sarah Meade, the Troy campus’s career development counselor, it is important to start early on your career plans. Networking is an important part of finding a job. According to Meade, only about 25 percent of jobs are advertised. “That’s a huge pool of openings that are filled simply by networking,” Meade said. It’s important to build relationships with your professors and other professionals in the field you desire entering. People you know “Every job I’ve ever…

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To succeed, go to class, work hard

Mandy Pascal Skipping class and making assumptions can get you into academic trouble. Just ask Lacey Jones about her experience. “I learned the hard way that professors really don’t play around about coming to class,” said Jones, a business major from Prattville who was a sophomore in the spring. “My professor allowed us three unexcused absences per semester. I thought since attendance was not taken at every class, I could get away with just not going, but I wound up failing simply because I did not show up.” With college…

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Shopping carefully can save money on books

Randall Smith Clayton Paramore, a music education major from Ozark who was a senior in the spring, saved more than $100 on a textbook when he shopped online. “I went on Amazon and found the previous edition, which has the exact same chapters, the exact same page numbers,” Paramore said. The current edition of the book for his Literacy 4 class was selling for $124, but Paramore got the previous edition for $6.75 on Amazon.com. Competitive buying His experience shows that competitive shopping for books can save students money. Paramore…

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